vaccination rates. so bill wants to punish these people already having a difficult time making them pay more money in taxes they probably don t have correctab. this is true . he represents a portion of providence as a state senator and he put forward the bill and on tuesday morningi someone gave to me and i said this doesn t sound right specifically when there s all this talk in parts of providence about being some ofto the lowest vaccinated rates. tough to get back to work and also this whole idea of equity that they don t have toess sometimes the vaccination. he p so that should be theus push that has been the push for quite some time. so to put a bill out that does anyone over 16 who is working in rhode island face to face-f with the public, you have toe be vaccinated. you have to consent or you get punished in the wallet. right. $50 a month still infinityil and beyond for who knows whenl because the bill doesn t say it would end end and also double p
is overwhelmingly democrat in the state houseming, they control the governor s mansion. their latest actions may spur a revolt. democratic state senator samuel bel proposed legislation that is i think just totallyhi offensive, not to mentionob probably unconstitutional. his bill would not justna enforj monthly fines on rhode islanders. sixteen years of age and up who are not vaccinated, but it would also call forrs the doubling of their personal income taxeson. now part of bell s defense here is that he says he s received calls from constituents who arec not fully recovered and whoov ae suffering long term effects from covid. tara granahan iscovi a mother of two and rhode island radio host at wpro. a she s shining a light on this story and she joins us now. tara, there s a headline and another headline about how those with lower income levels here also do have low